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package org.bmi.gwt.mi.shared.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import org.bmi.gwt.mi.shared.communication.ptypes.Param;

/** For internal use only */
public class UtilityFunctions
{
	public static final Random RANDOM = new Random();

	// FIXME Should be somehow checked for repetitions
	public static String generateUniqueId()
	{
		return Integer.toString(UtilityFunctions.RANDOM.nextInt(1679615), 36);
	}

	public static List<Param<?>> copyArguments(List<Param<?>> args)
	{
		ArrayList<Param<?>> copy = new ArrayList<Param<?>>();

		for (Param<?> p : args)
			copy.add(p.copy());

		return copy;
	}
}
